TerraX is a geospatial intelligence consultancy delivering PhD-level remote sensing analysis to environmental consultancies, mining rehabilitation teams, and land managers who need answers their in-house teams can't produce.
When a deadline is real and the deliverable matters, you don't need another generalist. You need rigour, speed, and translation.
Outputs are scientifically defensible — peer-review-grade methods, validation, and honest uncertainty disclosure. This is what a PhD buys you.
Two-week turnaround on standard analyses. Consultancies are usually scrambling against a deadline; reliability is more valuable than perfection.
Reports written for the client's client — board members, regulators, executives. Not for academics. This is where most technical specialists fail.
TerraX is built for organisations that already have a geospatial budget and an immediate deliverable. We slot in as the analysis layer.
Mid-sized firms running EIAs, biodiversity assessments, rehabilitation monitoring, and compliance reporting. They win contracts that need remote sensing depth — and bring us in to deliver it.
South African mines are legally required to monitor rehabilitation progress. Satellite-based vegetation recovery, slope stability, and erosion mapping — quarterly and annual programmes.
Researchers with NRF, WRC, or international grants who need geospatial analysis they can subcontract. Fast turnaround, reliable delivery, citable case studies.
Send us a problem, we scope it inside 48 hours, and quote against a day rate or a fixed fee. Most engagements run 2–6 weeks end-to-end.
| Service | Typical buyer | Price anchor |
|---|---|---|
Vegetation monitoring & change detection Multi-year satellite time-series analysis |
Mining rehabilitation, conservation NGOs | R8–12k / day or R40–120k / project |
Land cover & land use classification Supervised mapping with validation |
Environmental consultancies, planners | R6–10k / day or R30–80k / project |
EIA remote sensing components Baseline + impact analysis |
Environmental consultancies | R25–60k / project |
Custom geospatial analysis & expert reports Bespoke work needing a PhD signature |
Mixed — anyone needing depth | R8–15k / day |
Academic subcontracting Grant-funded analysis & co-authorship |
University researchers | R4–7k / day |
All prices ex VAT. Payment terms 30 days. NDA on request.
A fixed-price, fixed-deliverable package for residential estates and HOAs in Gauteng. Aerial survey, vegetation index analysis, irrigation efficiency mapping, and a board-ready written report. Two-week turnaround.
Built for estate managers under sustainability mandates and water restrictions — and for boards that need defensible numbers, not opinions, before signing off on landscape spend.
Book a baseline scanA complete snapshot of estate greenspace health. Ideal first engagement.
Four scans a year. Track recovery, catch problems early, defend landscape budget.
First-mover estates receive a discounted baseline in exchange for a written testimonial.
Extend any package with deeper diagnostics. Bookable per scan.
RGB and multispectral imagery captured by a vetted RPL pilot to a TerraX flight spec.
NDVI, NDWI and supporting indices computed and validated against ground truth where possible.
Problem-area heatmap and irrigation zone overlay, exportable as PDF and shapefile.
Executive summary for the board, technical appendix for the landscaper. Plain English first.
TerraX is led by Dr Leeth Singh — a remote sensing scientist with PhD-level expertise in vegetation analysis and hyperspectral imaging. His doctoral research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal mapped forest nutrient deficiencies in commercial Eucalyptus stands; the same methods now underpin TerraX's commercial deliverables.
The thesis behind the firm is simple: in a market crowded with drone operators and platform vendors, the scarce resource is the analyst who can interpret the data with scientific defensibility and translate it for non-technical decision-makers. Drones are commoditised. Software is commoditised. PhD-grade interpretation is not. TerraX subcontracts flying to vetted RPL pilots and concentrates on what genuinely moves a client's outcome — rigorous methods, fast delivery, and a report the board will actually read.
The company is registered as C02NSCIOUS (Pty) Ltd, trading as TerraX, and is based in Johannesburg. Engagements are South Africa-wide.
A practitioner CV before a consultancy CV. Selected industry roles below; full publication list available on request.
Geospatial intelligence and sustainability consultancy, registered as C02NSCIOUS (Pty) Ltd. ESG strategy, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, carbon footprint assessments, and regulatory compliance for South African organisations.
Climate Change Impact Assessments and adaptation strategies for businesses and government. Atmospheric science, ESG integration, and tertiary-level lecturing on climate science and corporate environmental responsibility.
Led project delivery for a global geospatial firm — managing GIS and remote sensing engagements, supervising junior technicians, and introducing advanced analysis techniques across multiple industries.
Designed and ran data science experiments at the Sappi Shaw Research Centre and SAICCOR mill. Predictive analytics, spectroscopy, and process optimisation supporting lean manufacturing and waste reduction.
Doctoral research in hyperspectral remote sensing for vegetation nutrient detection. Thesis: nutrient mapping in commercial Eucalyptus stands using random forest classification on 5nm-resolution imagery.
Effluent pool mapping and impact analysis for environmental engineering teams; geospatial inputs into EIAs and regulatory compliance work.
Geospatial intelligence applied to land management — by people who measure twice, then advise.
A predictable process designed to fit inside the consultancy deadlines you're already working to.
Twenty-minute call to lock down the question, the deliverable, and the deadline. Quote inside 48 hours.
Satellite data sourced, drone survey commissioned if needed, ground-truth points agreed.
Methods documented, validated, and noted for uncertainty. Mid-point check-in for course correction.
Executive summary, technical appendix, raw outputs (GeoTIFF, shapefile). One revision included.
Send a one-paragraph brief — what's the project, what's the deliverable, when do you need it. Reply within one working day.
Direct lines to Dr Singh. Email is fastest for project briefs; phone is fine for a first conversation.
